Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
D0INGs OF CONGRESS-.

yeas to Is nays the bill appropriating $500, 600 to
acrosst the Potomac from Washington to Airing
ton in honor Of Lincoln and Grant was passed.
Alec a bill authorizing the construction Of a
s Haius' e CITY. III The @'Sso Conference niSs. az re Ms@
on the agricultural appropriation Bill
was rgreed to. In the House the Senate amend
vestigation of the accounts Of the Pacific iail-
road was non-concurred in. The Senate amend
inents to the bill annexing a portion of Idaho to
washington territory were agreed to. The fish
cries retaliatory bill was passed by the House :
exactly as it came from the Senate. The con-
ference report on the bill for investigation Of
the conference report on the agricultural bill.
The Conference report on the sundry civil ap--
propriation bill. by which a compromise was Of
49,, 400 was adopted. The Senate amendments
to the naval appropriation bill were non-con-
Cured in and a conference asked.
On the Sd the Senate passed the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation bill with
but few amendments. The House bill to or
ganize a land district for "no mans land. - pre-
viously passed by the Senate with amendments.
was recalled and the votes bv which the Senate
amendments were adopted were reconsidered.'
The Senate amendments were then rejected and
the unamended House bill was passed. The
vetoed bills for a public building at Sioux City,
passed over the vetoes. Mr.. plumb submitted
the Conference report upon the postothce ap-t
preparation bill, the result being a Disagreement
The Committee on Appropriations reported
back the House bill appropriating 81, $780, 900 for
the payment Of pensioners Of the Mexican war.
Passed. The Senate then took from the calen-
dar the House bill to amend sections 5191 and
5l9e Of the Revised Statutes with an amend
mant in the nature Of q substituted. The sub.
ton shall apply. to the Comptroller Of the
eisy added to to nave the the list ns Of . Gs. sss
y,1ised Statutes the Comptroller shall have au-
must keep in their vaults ut least rs per cent. of
their deposits. In like manner and on like con-
ditions cities with 2oo,oN population may be-
demption or central reserve" cities, as pro
vided in section 5l85. Mr.. Williams moved to
add oi San Fra sslse3 to the latter e. cl s.s
Nj. Plumb presented the conferences report on
the bill to adjust railroad land grants heretofore
House at 10 p. IN. announced the passage of the
urgent deficiency bill. and the presiding, officer
objected to the second reading Of tho
is confederation at this session. At
of the deficiency bill, consisting of 14 printed
pages The amendment to pay certain awards
Of the court Of claims amounting to about $780,
00O on French spoilation claims was agreed TO.
ing q pension to Sally Ann Bradley. On sus-
pension Of the rules the Senate bill to repeal the
in same manner, the Senate bill authorizing the
Secretary Of War to accept from the Commercial
Club certain lands known as the high tract, near
Chicago. for military purposes, was paused. b
Senate amendments to the Legislative approprta.
ton bill were non-concnrred in, Thu urgent de-
r rales0s the gmi m mas Rasa of MN anaf ae saspsnal on q fo mo
to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill
granting a pension of $40. 600 q year to Mrs. Gen.
necessary two-thirds in, the affirmative. The
bill for the erection of a public building At: Day
ton, Ohio, was passed over the Presidents veto.
me House was still IN session at LAO am.
BOTH houses of Congress remained in session
during all of the night of the Sd. At s O'Clock Q.
m. Of the 4th Mr.. Plumb, in the Senate, reported
that the conference committee on the District
Of Columbia had been unable to agree. and 10
quested another conference. which was granted.
MI. Plumb also presented the conference 70.
port on the bill for the relief of settlers and pur-
chasers of public lands in Kansas and Nebraska.
Agreed to- The deficiency bill was, again called
up and an item inserted to pay the Choctaw
of the Supreme Court. House bills were passed
authorizing construction Of the following bridges :.
Across the mississippi st Winons, Mimi,
Missouri at Pierre and Yankton, Dakota. After
o morning recess the conference report on. tho
District Of Columbia appropriation bill was pre-
AAS kaAN o0ASAA Ne a. OA tA0
fortihcation bill were unable to agree. The
Senate bill appropriating OK, 600 forthe expenses,
of Senate Investigations ordered this session.,
and the House bill for the loan Of government
articles to the industrial exhibition. at
| Minneapolis, passed. A large number of
appointments, we're confirmed before the Senate,
dissolved. The usual resolution of thanks was.
rendered to the presiding officer, and the Presi-
dent, having signifed that he had nothing fur
Their to communicate, the Senate was. declared
adjourned. The House passed the naval appro-
priationl bill agreed to in conference. Mr..
struble. Of Iowa, called up the! vetoed bin for a
public building at Sioux City, but the House ro-
fused to pass it over the veto-lW to! u, NOT the
constitutional two-thirds majority. The bill
| granting rght-of-way to the Clark's, Fork and
Cook City railroad through the Grow Reservation
in, Montana was passed under suspensions OF tbs
rules. The conference report on the postohice
appropriation bill was agreed to. a. wa. also ths
legislative appropriation bill. The, latter came
from the Senate att O'Clock g. M, where it had
been amended to include aniiteu for secDetaries
for Senators, to which the House. objected, but
finally agreed. The committee OF. conference on
the tortiication bill reported continued dis
agreement, the point of differ. nee being in the
amount of appropriation, the Senate bill involv-
ing an expenditure of $40, OuU,OOO, while the
House bill, which a majority Of the coaEereea
were willing to adopt, appropriate 4i7,O00.O00.
The report was accepted and thus the bill pro-
viding for coast expenses was. killed After pass
ing a resolution of thanks to. Speaker Carlisle,
the House adjourned sine die.